Originally Posted by Steve Rupe

I said "publicly" words spoken. Usually public words spoken by government officials and words actually used behind the scene have little in common. For the most part, the public, the media, do not know what is actually being said or done by the government in real time. There are somethings that are not actually known for years and a few things that may never be known. We have two forms of government. One that is known to the public and one that is not. This I know from personal experience.

The media are mostly spin machines and have little to do with truth. Watch C-span for a few months to a year, listen and see what is actually said by people in government and then compare that with what is reported by all media outlets as to what was being said or done. You will realize then that sometimes the media reporting bears little resemblance to what was actually said or done.

The media basically does not have anymore knowledge about any event than you do, especially sense investigating reporting is all but dead.